Italian is the official language of Italy and San Marino, and is an official language in Switzerland because it's spoken in Ticino and Grigioni cantons.

Italian has few diphthongs, and so most unfamiliar diphthongs heard in foreign words (in particular, those with a first vowel that is not "i" or "u", or a first vowel that is stressed), will be assimilated as the corresponding dieresis (i.e., the vowel sounds will be pronounced separately).

I have never studied Italian with any other course (except a little bit of an online one) so I really can't compare it, but I think this course is easy to learn from and I feel that I learned a lot from it.

So I will probably not learn one word of Italian, and will order a course from the library.

In fact, if you need to learn just some basic "tourist Italian" this course is quite fine - but not if you really want to speak it.

However, I then decided to learnItalian at night school and am now into my second year - I have realised I am way ahead of the other students because of the insights into grammar and structure that Michel Thomas provides and the confidence that this has given me.

You can learnItalian in Italy through the IT Schools, the Atrium School in Cagli, the Institute of Italian Language "Galileo Galelei" in Firenze, Centro Machiavelli in Florence, with Study Europe, or here is a list of Italian Language Schools and another at the International Association of Language Centres.

And now Ragu brings you a slightly sillier Learn to Speak Italian and you can improve your Italian with the CHAMPS-ELYSEES AudioMagazine.

Italian is the official language of Italy and San Marino, and one of the official languages of Switzerland, spoken mainly in Ticino and Grigioni cantons.

Italian has few diphthongs, and so most unfamiliar diphthongs heard in foreign words (in particular, those with a first vowel that is not "i" or "u", or a first vowel that is stressed), will be assimilated as the corresponding dieresis (i.e., the vowel sounds will be pronounced separately).

Our extensive range of Italian programmes has been designed to ensure that the specific needs of each individual are met: general Italian and Italian for business, internship experience, academic studies in Italy, optional art courses, vocational programmes in fine arts, design, culinary arts and a residential summer programme for juniors by the sea.

Our extensive range of Italian programmes has been designed to ensure that the specific needs of each individual are met.

To learn the Italian language is easy with our course "Little Johnny Goes to Italy".

We are now preparing "Learning Italian - Level -2," where our focus will be to cover more Italian Basics and the beginning of "Italian Conversation." We will open a new Web site soon and keep you informed on how to register.

Our goal is to introduce the Italian language to pupils from 1st through 12th grade.

I hope this way I could learnItalian and whoever my penpal would be could learn English.

I am studying the Italian language and am looking for a Italian friend, preferably female in the age group of 35-42, who also speaks English and is living in Florence or near about.

I am Bahram, a 62 year male from San Diego, California, USA who is studying Italian because my daughter just got married to an Italian and I would like to be able to speak to our new Italian relatives.